1. Pilot your life
Welcome to issue no. 3 of Pilot your life. September 2009
This month's newsletter deals with another aspect of focus.
When I’m flying, one of the barriers to keeping on track can be a
crosswind blowing the plane off course.
So, to compensate, I navigate by flying towards a point in the
distance, making it a lot easier to maintain heading.
By doing that I’m actually focusing on the goal up ahead, not on the
barrier, the crosswind.
To illustrate this point more clearly have a close look at the photos below.
When I was photographing the lions at the Adelaide Zoo, I took several photos both with my
standard lens and the telephoto lens.
I noticed two things about the photos when I was choosing them for my DVD, A day at the
Zoo.
In this photo above, the barrier (the cage) is more prominent than the lion and
in these photos here the lion in the distance is more prominent than the barrier in the
foreground (you can hardly see it).
The telephoto lens doesn’t see the barrier, it sees only the lion because of the way it
focuses.

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Sometimes when you’re close to a barrier, problem or challenge in your life, you tend to
focus solely on the barrier (like the top photo).
But when you change your focus to a goal in the future (or in the distance) the barrier seems
to disappear or at least become less important.
The focus shifts from something negative to something positive.
So, my next great tip for how to pilot your life (personal or business) is:
Focus on the goal up ahead
not on the barriers to reaching the goal
Two of my presentation topics are:
Attitude is everything
Determination/ Persistence/ Perseverance
To have a close encounter with a queen of the jungle, email me at fran@franwest.com and
I'll send you a photo which you can use as your desktop wallpaper.
Visit: www.franwest.com
Phone: 61 8 82706623
Email: fran@franwest.com for speaking engagements, purchases and the first two issues of
the newsletter.
To see the lions in their own DVD while you're waiting for the next newsletter, the following is
available from my website: http://www.franwest.com/dvds.php
A day at the Zoo: Adelaide/Monarto – DVD
Download this sample (29MB)
A movie presentation of over 260 photos (without captions) highlighting both this small city
zoo and the largest zoological park in the world.
The images depict what you can see and do during a visit to the beautiful garden setting of
Adelaide Zoo with its wide variety of animals and birds, and the open plains setting of
Monarto Zoological Park with its mostly African and Asian animals.
This DVD also has background music setting the mood with drums, jungle and African
rhythms and the occasional animal and bird sounds.
Duration: approximately 26 minutes.
Ideal for people of all ages as a present for birthdays or Christmas.
AUD $25.00 plus postage and packaging ($2.50 within Australia, $5.00 for rest of world).

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Australia's Life Pilot
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